Do the paper bracelets spread germs? Do they make people feel worse? Is a temporary tattoo better? Can a better bracelet be used to track someone electronically and to monitor their activity? Do we need a microchip?

I’m not in favor of false information. But who decides what’s false and what isn’t? Does there come a time when a platform has so much power that it can no longer censor the information on it, or must assume liability for everything else on its site?

The Government couldn’t restrict this speech, but a private party can. For now, without restriction. You may agree with this restriction, but may not like the next one as much. Is this Freedom of Speech or Freedom of Press?

Was this, like the Covington, KY schoolboy videos, news that was initially reported in the news one way, only to have fuller facts to come out later? Are papers reporting the subsequent developments with the same vigor as they reported the initial allegations?

What does this say about the reliability of the information we receive and act upon, depending on who provides it and how quickly is it reported? Is that a Governance question? Or a value-of-Information question?

How do your information controls deal with someone who lies? How well do you follow up when you tell someone to turn in his weapon, before he killed 5 people? Is four-and-a half years too long to wait?

By Christian Liipfert

These are comments on selected news articles, looking at the intersection and interplay of information, governance, and compliance. I started this in August 2013 for a class I was teaching at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business on an introduction to information governance and information management.

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